Peter Weber, The Week US
Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University. He graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in international studies and performance studies and served in the Peace Corps in Honduras.
Peter has lived in Italy and all major quadrants of the continental U.S. and currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he plays bass and rhythm cello in a garage band.
Latest articles by Peter Weber, The Week US
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Trump's limited gag order reimposed in federal election subversion case
Speed Read After US District Judge Tanya Chutkan suspended her gag order, Trump let loose
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How trustworthy are the Gaza Health Ministry's casualty numbers?
The Explainer President Biden and other observers of the Israel-Hamas war are skeptical of the Hamas-run ministry's death toll. But those doubts may be unwarranted.
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'Shut up!' GOP isn't eager to discuss Speaker Mike Johnson's 2020 election reversal efforts
Speed Read The newly elected House speaker played a key behind-the-scenes role in trying to overturn Donald Trump's loss
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Trump's ex-lawyers keep reaching deals to testify against him
Speed Read Jenna Ellis became just the latest member of Trump's election-denial legal team to reach a plea deal with prosecutors, but she likely won't be the last
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Trump bragged about private calls with world leaders, Australian billionaire recounts in secret recordings
Speed Read Billionaire Mar-a-Lago member Anthony Pratt tells anecdotes about Trump's big mouth in secret recordings
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Argentina election: Far-right front-runner places second to establishment leftist
Speed Read Economy Minister Sergio Massa unexpectedly topped far-right libertarian candidate Javier Milei, but a runoff will determine the winner
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How bad for Trump is Sidney Powell's cooperative plea deal in Georgia?
Speed Read Powell pleaded guilty in Fulton County's 2020 election interference case — and agreed to testify truthfully against her 18 co-defendants
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Biden links Israel, Ukraine wars in rare Oval Office speech
Speed Read Biden used a rare prime-time address to urge America, and especially Congress, to support intertwined attacks against two American allies
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Gaza hospital blast: What the video evidence shows about who's to blame
Speed Read Nobody wants to take responsibility for the deadly explosion in the courtyard of Gaza's al-Ahli Hospital. Roll the tape.
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Jim Jordan allies' arm-twisting backfired in failed vote for House speaker
Speed Read The pugilistic Judiciary Committee chair came up short in his first vote for House speaker, and it isn't clear his GOP detractors will flip
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Mexico's Sinaloa cartel bans fentanyl, reportedly under pain of death
Speed Read The top exporter of fentanyl to the U.S. is apparently looking to diversify as law enforcement turns up the heat
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Biden will visit Israel to affirm solidarity after Hamas attack, focus on Gaza aid in Jordan
Speed Read President Biden is making a high-stakes, high-risk trip to the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spiral into a regional confict
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Ecuador banana empire scion Daniel Noboa wins presidency amid surge in drug-related violence
Speed Read Noboa, 35, now has just 18 months to solve Ecuador's soaring drug trafficking violence problem
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Scalise drops House speaker bid a day after winning GOP nomination. What happens now?
Speed Read The House majority leader was the GOP's choice to succeed Kevin McCarthy, except he did not have enough Republican votes to seal the deal
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Israel forms a wartime unity government, but its scope is unclear
Speed Read Opposition leader Benny Gantz has joined Netanyahu in a small war Cabinet, adding military experience and maybe a political lifeline
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Rep. George Santos hit with new criminal charges, including bilking donors through credit card fraud
Speed Read The embattled New York Republican allegedly charged one unwitting donor more than $44,000
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Biden sat for interview with special counsel in classified documents case
Speed Read The White House said the 'voluntary interview' ended Monday, and it may signal the investigation is winding down
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Israel orders 'complete siege' of Gaza, with food, water and energy cut off
Speed Read As Israel vows crushing retaliation for Hamas' invasion, Hamas threatens to kill its hostages
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What do the Democrats stand for?
In Depth America is effectively a 2-party system. Here's a look at the older party.
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Trump reportedly shared US nuclear submarine secrets with loose-lipped Australian billionaire
Speed Read Special counsel Jack Smith is aware of Trump's alleged disclosure to a foreigner who belonged to the Mar-a-Lago club
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Why frogs and other amphibious 'climate captives' are 'the world's most threatened animals'
Speed Read Endangered mammals and birds get a lot of attention, but amphibians are faring much worse in this hotter world
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How Kevin McCarthy 'dug his own grave' in his failed bid to remain House speaker
The Explainer McCarthy's speakership did not have to collapse in such a dramatic fashion
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What makes a man a man?
In Depth Men are in trouble. Part of it is an identity crisis.
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Kevin McCarthy says he won't run for House speaker again after historic ouster
Speed Read McCarthy became the first speaker ever removed by his House colleagues, and he leaves no obvious successor
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